FAITH CAPSULE: The word of God does not discriminate but it will work for those who work the works of God.

John 6:22-34
 
The word of God you do not know will not work for you. However, the only way to know is by gaining understanding. Proverbs 4:7, “…In all your getting, get understanding.” Gain the understanding that the word of God is the Spirit of God. Jesus confirmed in His word, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63) The Word that He has spoken is still speaking to us and it is life not letter. It is written, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” (John 1:1-3) Indeed the word of God is Spirit and it is life. When God spoke, it brought forth life where there was no life.
The same word of God is still the same Spirit of God and life giver. The word of God does not discriminate, but it will work for only those that work the works of God. In life, nothing works when you do not work it. A car will not work if you fail to work for it by putting it to work. What does it take to work the works of God? Disciples of Jesus asked Jesus, “…What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” (John 6:28) Jesus had all the answer when He responded, “…This is the work of God that you believe in Him whom He sent.” (John 6:29) To work the works of God is to be living (believe) the word of God and not just to be quoting the word. In the Word of God, all that speaks to one is speaking to all. God told Joshua, “…I will not leave you nor forsake you.” (Joshua 1:5) The word that He spoke to Joshua demanded a work on Joshua’s part as stated in Joshua 1:7, “Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.” Operating the word of God in part and not in full can be liken to going to the market without having penny at hand to spend while at the market. God is true to His word, God has never failed and His word will not fail. In working the work, the word of God will work for us in every area of life.
 
Prayer for today: Ask for the grace that the word of God should reign and rule your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: The miracle of the third cannot be undermined, God does nothing by accident.

Exodus 2:1-10, Esther 5

It is written, “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.” (Exodus 19:10-11) The same God that made the choice to visit His people on the third day is still the same forever. Something about the third has to do with God’s visitation, redemption, and resurrection. The life of Moses, Esther and the life Jesus Christ of Nazareth testify to the miracle of the third.
At the time Moses was born, Pharaoh’s pronouncement of death penalty for every son born by Hebrew women was in effect. As a result, Moses’ mother decided to hide him. Moses mother, “…Hid him for three months.” (Exodus 2:2) When Moses was brought out on the third month, he ended up in the compassionate care of the murderer’s palace. Moses’ mother, “… took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.” (Exodus 2:3) On the third month, Pharaoh’s daughter saw the ark of bulrushes at the bank of river and when she opened it, “…She saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children” (Exodus 2:6) Moses came out of hiding, redeemed on the third month.
The favor that brought deliverance for Mordecai and the Israelites in the hand of the wicked Harman began on the third day when Esther stepped on King’s court. It is written, “Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, across from the king’s house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the house.So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand…” (Esther 5:1-2)
Jesus our Lord and savior chose to stun the devil when He resurrected on the third day. The miracle of the third cannot be undermined, God does nothing by accident. Claim the miracle of the third in this third month of the year, remind God as stated in Isaiah 43:26, “Put me in remembrance; let us contend together; state your case that you may be acquitted.”  State your case, it is the same God yesterday and forever it is your miracle of the third in the third month of the year.

Prayer for today: Ask the Ancient of days, to grant you the miracle of the third in this third month of the year.

FAITH CAPSULE: Adding to the word of God is an avenue to failure.

Numbers 20:1-13

Whatever God says is important and it demands full attention because it should never be misrepresented. God does not waste word, He means what He says. This what He said to Adam in the Garden of Eden, “Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:15-17) When the chief of all deception cunningly approached Eve with its destructive agenda, he asked Eve, “…Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” (Genesis 3:1) Eve opened the door for devil when she responded to the devil by adding to what God does not said when God gave Adam the command. She added to God’s command stating, “…Nor shall you touch it, lest you die.” (Genesis 3:3)
Are you one that consciously or unconsciously add or take away from the word of God? It does not matter who you are, when you add to the word of God, you are set for failure. Before God, it is not acceptable to add or take away from Him because it becomes sin. Romans 3:7-8 buttress, “For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?  And why not say, “Let us do evil that good may come?” Deception is not telling the truth and not telling the truth is lying. There is no way by which any testimony that is loaded with inexactness is going to please God and same it is when one consciously or unconsciously say what God did not said. 
God gave detailed word of command to Jeremiah directly for His people. After giving His word, He commanded Jeremiah, “Therefore prepare yourself and arise, and speak to them all that I command you.” (Jeremiah 1:17) Delivering God’s message demands preparation because with preparation comes detail presentation. A well-presented message is what keeps the messenger from sinning against God. He sent Moses, “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” (Numbers 20:8) Moses went as directed, but presented Gods command according to his own desire. Moses did not speak but struck the rock twice with his rod. (Numbers 20:10) Moses failed to hallow God.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to be constant in obeying fully as commanded.

FAITH CAPSULE: God has a purpose for every one of His creation.

Exodus 3:1-12
 

When God’s calling sounds in man’s direction, there could be no excuse or hiding place to disregard God’s calling on man. When God speaks to you what He wants to do with you it is equal to introducing you to yourself and knowing who you are in the hand of God. At the time God spoke to Moses, Moses’ life was transformed from who he knew himself to be to what the Lord wanted for him to be. At the time Moses was running from Pharaoh, at his hidden location, God located Moses for his divine assignment. Before God, we can run only when He chooses to look away from our running but we cannot hide. God called to send Moses to Pharaoh, “Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” (Exodus 3:10) Moses’, knowing who he was, responded to God, “…Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” (Exodus 3:11) Have you been thinking about who you are? On the journey of life, it is not about whom you are but who God says you are by virtue of what He calls you to be.
God has a purpose for every one of His creation because He does not create by accident. Once, He told Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5) As much as Moses tried to avoid his calling, God made Moses realize that He would certainly be with Him. God responded to Moses’ self-search, “So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.” (Exodus 3:12) It was not important in regard to whom Joshua sees himself to be but it was important with regard to who God called him to be. After the death of Moses God spoke to Joshua, “Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.” (Joshua 1:3) Moving from convenience into commitment is not a cordial move. When it is time for you to be removed situations will force you and God will give you a formal announcement of who you are and what He wants for you to be. Moses was relocated from palace to a place of nowhere to hide and to respond to what God called him to be.

Prayer for today: Ask God to guide you so that you will not miss your divine schedule.

FAITH CAPSULE: Those who walk in His word always arrive at their expected end.

Psalm 143:7-12

It is written, “Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior.” (2Peter 3:1-2) The verse points out that the word of God is the mind stirring agent. A mind that is stirred shall be mindful of steps to be taken in life and shall see clearly in the path of challenging world. To move by the word of God is not to be removed in the path of divined agenda of God for one’s life.
For every believer that chooses to hear the word of God, it is important to know that, just a word of God is enough to terminate all kinds of struggle. What one hears in the word of God is what will carry one through in the face of world challenges.  The word of God is direction, deliverance, protection and preservation. When you hear Him right it will be right for you. When you fail to hear, you have also heard Him wrongly. You have a need to hear Him on a daily and regular basis. Psalm 143:8 “Cause me to hear your lovingkindnesss in the morning. For in You do I trust; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to you.” The Psalmist demonstrates here that hearing Him in the morning is what makes the difference for the day. When you begin to make time to hear from the Lord first in the morning, trusting Him will be activated in your daily endeavors and what you heard in the morning will be your compass for the day. There are none that have walked in the way of God that end up in failure.
It is wisdom to walk in the way of God. Evidently, it is also a demonstration of trust in Him not to walk in your own way. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding: In all your ways acknowledge Him. And He shall direct your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) To many believers, these are well memorized and often quoted scriptural verses. However, memorization without meditation will bring forth no manifestation. Meditation is what will cause man to observe and to take right step as directed in the word of God. Those who walk in His way always arrive at their expected end and are set to end up in His divine schedule and rest. In all that you hear, hear Him right and that will have a direct impact on how you move.

Prayer for today: Ask God for understanding in your hearing.